Culture & Society
AI-generated video of England flag hung on building works shared online
A Facebook video that claims to show a large St George’s flag hung from scaffolding is AI-generated. Read
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Nadia Lincoln
Journalist
Nadia joined Full Fact in September 2026. Before that she worked for the Local Democracy Reporting Service in a regional newsroom and at a community radio station. She has a degree in journalism.
Health
Viral video does not show new strain of Covid found in Northampton
The UKHSA said it has not received any notification of a new strain of Covid-19 being found anywhere in the UK. Read
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United States
Fake images of Donald Trump being carried after US midterm elections shared online
There are plenty of clues the pictures aren’t real but were generated with AI. Read
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Crime
Viral video does not show boy being arrested for fishing
Cumbria Police told Full Fact the video shows officers responding to a report of a child in possession of a knife, and the interaction had no connection to fishing. No knife was found and there were no arrests. Read
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Health
Baseless claim that Henry Kissinger gave a WHO speech about ‘mandatory forcible’ vaccinations recirculates
Social media posts are once again claiming the former US Secretary of State gave a speech about vaccinations being used as “extermination services”. Read
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World
Viral video shows dead goat being dragged behind vehicle, not human body
A longer version of the footage shared in 2025 includes a close up which shows the corpse of a dead goat, not a person. Read
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Culture & Society
Video shows police attending a protest not seizing ‘immodest’ mannequin over complaints from Pakistani community
A video of UK police officers confiscating a mannequin because they supposedly received complaints from the Pakistani community that it was dressed in “immodest clothing” has been shared again online.But … Read
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World
Viral imagery of Pink Panther protester in France is AI-generated
Several widely shared images and videos contain an invisible SynthID watermark and other clues they were generated with AI, including garbled text and reusing old protest photos. Read
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World
Video of Palestine and Jordan flags flying from top of Eiffel Tower is AI-generated
Footage appearing to show the Palestinian and Jordanian flags flying from the Eiffel Tower contains visual inconsistencies indicating it was created or edited using artificial intelligence. Read
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Conflict
Video of woman being dragged by uniformed men does not show forced conscription in Ukraine
The footage dates back to a recent protest in Kyiv over the felling of trees for a new heating pipeline. Read
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